Speaking of summer, after all "somen". The smooth and smooth somen noodles that you eat on a hot day with kin and cold soup are exceptional.

However, no matter how delicious it is, if you eat it with the same seasoning every time, you may get tired of it. Recently, there are a lot of products that can arrange somen in a pasta style or ramen style, but I would like to add a spice called "unexpectedness". That's why this time, the En-eating editorial department tried to find " a familiar and surprising ingredient that goes well with somen other than mentsuyu" with the full power of the staff (2 people)!


We prepared soups, retort pouch foods, side dishes, coffee, ice cream, milk, etc. From salty to sweet, I bought everything from the supermarket to the pinnacle.

In the meantime, here are the top 3 "somen arrangements" that the staff judged, "I 'm not ashamed to announce this to everyone"!

■ 3rd place: Corn soup

The package design looks delicious, and I accidentally picked up the cold corn soup "Cold potage of crispy corn." I drank it for a while, but corn soup is delicious even when it's cold. surprised.


When it's slippery, the crispy somen noodles are accented with crispy corn grains, giving it a completely new texture. The thick potage soup is entwined with the noodles, and the rich sweetness and subtle saltiness spread in your mouth. However, somen does not go too far with the soup, and its own taste is well preserved.


■ 2nd place: Curry

The new Bon Curry "Taiyo no Keema Curry" just released the other day. Since Otsuka Foods has officially proposed it, I decided to try "curry somen", which is a hot topic on the internet and on TV.

Add somen to cold curry ... It's an unfamiliar way of eating, but is it really suitable? First of all, do not put it in the microwave, just add somen noodles and eat it.


The cold roux is thick and tightly condensed. Since it is not warmed and melted, it has a strong solid feeling and does not easily get entangled with the noodles, so gently scoop it with chopsticks or a fork and stretch it.

Then, the scent of all kinds of spices rushed into my mouth! It's spicy, but it's chilled so it's sharp. The minced meat clings firmly to the noodles, and the potatoes are lumpy, so the taste is perfect!


Delicious. It's delicious, but I can't give up my desire to eat curry with a lot of stuff, so I decided to try the rest.

When I let the warm and liquefied roux pass through the somen noodles and inhale it, the scent of spices and the complex spiciness that had risen to a higher level due to the heat attacked me powerfully! The spiciness remains in your mouth longer than when you eat it chilled.


Whether you want to enjoy the crisp spiciness of cold somen and cold curry, or the spiciness of cold somen and hot curry, it's your choice.

■ 1st place: Potato salad

The somen arrangement chosen by the editorial department, "Potasara" won the championship this time!


Topped with fried potatoes buckwheat " Potesoba of" has become a hot topic is still fresh in memory. If you have potato soba, it's okay to have potato salad somen! So, I procured potato salad at the side dish corner of the supermarket. When I put this in mentsuyu and mixed it, I came across an unexpected deliciousness ...!


How to eat is simple. Just add as much potato salad as you like to your usual noodle soup. The point is to add somen noodles before the potato salad melts in the soup and eat while entwining.

The saltiness of the soup is milder thanks to the mayonnaise, and the richness is also enhanced, giving it a slightly richer taste. An exquisite collaboration in which the mellowness of potato salad is entwined with the subtle saltiness of somen and the umami of wheat ... did! You can also add spices such as green onions.


■ Extra: Unfortunately out of rank, but "ant" ingredients

I mentioned earlier that eating soba in a "tsukemen-style" style by adding olive oil to noodle soup was a horse, but the same was true for somen noodles.


Add a little olive oil to the noodle soup, add noodles, and eat it to add saltiness and mellowness to a Western-style taste. It's also delicious to eat with grated cheese. Cheese enhances the sweetness of the soup, which tends to be hidden in the saltiness, and changes to a deeper taste.


From the sweets lineup, it was also found that the compatibility of vanilla ice cream x somen and azuki x somen is not bad. Somen plays a mochi-like role, and when you eat it with vanilla ice cream, the thick ice cream wraps the somen and makes it chewy. ● You can enjoy the taste and texture like a cloth. Also, if you eat it with azuki beans (this time, we use red bean paste), you will feel like you are eating a moderately salty bean paste or a little zenzai.

However, the tastes seem to be different, so I decided not to rank them.


To arrange somen noodles this time, it is a fact that we prepared some carefully selected ingredients (because it is a waste to leave). … But, surprisingly, there were no ingredients that quarreled with somen noodles . Somen that can do anything well as it is. It's a terrifying sociability.

Then, besides the ones that the editorial department tried, there must be many surprising ingredients in the world that go well with somen noodles. Please try to find "magical ingredients" that can easily change somen noodles!